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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (162399)	5/17/2005 5:51:31 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

In my method, a Palestinian city would be given responsibilities and rewards for achieving those responsibilities That was exactly the approach that Israel tried, working with mayors. In some local cases, they cut deals; for example in the recent intifada there was hardly any trouble from Jericho and the IDF never went into it because of a local deal. But as I said, as a general rule, if a mayor was perceived as too accomodating he was dubbed a 'traitor' and a 'collaborator' and was likely to get shot. However if I recall correctly, Israel was not keen on having a Palestinian state next door in any shape or form and wanted to negotiate with other Arab counties (most notably Jordan) about the fate of Pals. Sure, true enough. I'll tell you the dirty little secret: Jordan is no keener on it than Israel. Any "Arafatastan" PLO state is a more direct threat to Jordan than to Israel.